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Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset, Realtime - Robert S. Strauss Center

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Original or alternative title 
Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset (ACLED)
Provider 
Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law
Tabulations only
Geography 
Afghanistan (AFG)
Algeria (DZA)
Andorra (AND)
Angola (AGO)
Bahrain (BHR)
Bangladesh (BGD)
Benin (BEN)
Botswana (BWA)
Burkina Faso (BFA)
Burundi (BDI)
Cambodia (KHM)
Cameroon (CMR)
Central African Republic (CAF)
Chad (TCD)
Congo (COG)
Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)
Djibouti (DJI)
Egypt (EGY)
Eritrea (ERI)
Eswatini (SWZ)
Ethiopia (ETH)
Gabon (GAB)
Gambia (GMB)
Ghana (GHA)
Guinea (GIN)
Guinea-Bissau (GNB)
India (IND)
Indonesia (IDN)
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (IRN)
Iraq (IRQ)
Israel (ISR)
Jordan (JOR)
Kenya (KEN)
Kuwait (KWT)
Lao People's Democratic Republic (LAO)
Lebanon (LBN)
Lesotho (LSO)
Liberia (LBR)
Libya (LBY)
Madagascar (MDG)
Malawi (MWI)
Mali (MLI)
Mauritania (MRT)
Morocco (MAR)
Mozambique (MOZ)
Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Maputo [City], Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambézia
Namibia (NAM)
Nepal (NPL)
Niger (NER)
Nigeria (NGA)
Oman (OMN)
Pakistan (PAK)
Palestine (PSE)
Qatar (QAT)
Rwanda (RWA)
Saudi Arabia (SAU)
Senegal (SEN)
Sierra Leone (SLE)
Somalia (SOM)
South Africa (ZAF)
South Sudan (SSD)
Sri Lanka (LKA)
Sudan (SDN)
Syrian Arab Republic (SYR)
Togo (TGO)
Tunisia (TUN)
Türkiye (TUR)
Uganda (UGA)
United Arab Emirates (ARE)
United Republic of Tanzania (TZA)
Viet Nam (VNM)
Yemen (YEM)
Zambia (ZMB)
Zimbabwe (ZWE)
View all
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1997 - 10/2023
Data type
Event data:
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
Summary 

This dataset is updated monthly for all African countries, and weekly for 30 high risk countries in the Middle East and Asia. It covers actions of militias, opposition groups, and governments across Africa. The data are disaggregated by type of violence.

Keywords 
Intentional injuries, Mortality, Organized violence, Terrorism, War and military operations
GHDx Entry last modified on: Apr 13, 2024